But, nothing daunted, he jumped to his feet and cried: "Once more I have escaped with my life!" Little by little the sky cleared.

The sun came out in full splendor and the sea became as calm as a lake.
Then the Marionette took off his clothes and laid them on the sand to dry.

He looked over the waters to see whether he might catch sight of a boat with a little man in it.

He searched and he searched, but he saw nothing except sea and sky and far away a few sails, so small that they might have been birds.
"If only I knew the name of this island!" he said to himself.

"If I even knew what kind of people I would find here! But whom shall I ask?
There is no one here." The idea of finding himself in so lonesome a spot made him so sad that he was about to cry, but just then he saw a big Fish swimming near-by, with his head far out of the water.
Not knowing what to call him, the Marionette said to him: "Hey there, Mr.Fish, may I have a word with you ?" "Even two, if you want," answered the fish, who happened to be a very polite Dolphin.
"Will you please tell me if, on this island, there are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten ?" "Surely, there are," answered the Dolphin.